Rail-tie plate and rail-fastener.



F. CALDWELL. RAIL TIE PLATE AND RAIL'FASTENER. APPLICATION FAILED SEPT-26| l9l6.

APatented Mar. 27, 1917.

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RAIL-TIE PLATE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

Application filed September 26, 1916. Serial N 0,122,227.

To all whom t may concern,

Be it known that I, FRANK CALDwnLr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a cer# tain new and useful Improvement in Railrlie Plates and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to rail tie plates having means to receive and hold rai-ls without the use of spikes entering the ties, as is usual, my object being to provide tie plates connecting two adjacent ties in such manner as to prevent both spreading movement of the ties and the rails sup@ ported by the plates.

A further object of my invention is to provide rail tie plates having simple, effec.` tive means for engaging and holding the rails thereon, and a still further object is to provide a truss arrangement between the tie plates extending respectively above and below adjacent ties, such arrangement being located between the ties and connecting the plates in such manner as to prevent sagging and undesired relative movement of the adjacent ends of rails, carried by the plates.

The preferred manner in which the above objects are carried out will now be described with respect to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal'section taken substantially on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; y Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section taken substantallypon line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken substantially on line 4 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal section taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is a detail'perspective view of one of the truss plates removed. v p

Referring now to these ligures, myinvention contemplates the p-rovision of Aa pair of tie plates 10 and 11, extending longitudinally beneath rails 12 and 13 and between, and respectively above and below, rail supporting ties 14 and 15, each of said plates 10 and 11 having angularly projecting integral extensions 16 projecting partly along the side faces of the ties so that with the coperation of certain other features to be presently described, relative movement of the ties toward and away from one another willbe prohibited.'

The ties 14 and 15 are preferably provided with recesses indicated at 17, in their upper and lower faces, and, as clearly seen 1n Fig. 2, the tie plates 10 and 11 have .conformably shaped depressions 18 entering the recesses 17, whereby in conjunction with vertically disposed connecting bolts 19 connecting the upper and lower tie plates 10 and 11 and disposed upon opposite sides of both the ties 14 and 15, and the rails 12 and 13, the rails of a pair will be prevented from spreading in use, particularly in'view of the fact that, as most clearly seen by reference to Figs. 2 and 5, or rather by a comparison of these figures, the bolts 19, in their length between the tie plates 10 and 11, pass through, and are partially vat least disposed within, vertical grooves in the side faces of the ties` 14 and 15, the grooves being seen at 2,0 in Fig. 5.

The `upper `tie plate 10 is provided with upwardly struck-up and inwardly projecting integral lips 21 at spaced points therealong, the lips being arranged in pairs, of which the lips of each pair oppose one another and are adapted to lap the base flanges 22 of the rails 12 and 13, the plate 10 also having a series of vertical openings at opposite sides of the base flanges 22 of the rails for the reception of vertical bolts 23, which also project through clips 24 upon the upper surface of the plate, adapted to lap the base flanges 22 of the rails 12 and 13 between the lips 21, so as to securely clamp the clips 24 downwardly against the railv base.

Where the railV connection, as thus described, is utilized, at the opposing ends of adjacent rails, 12 and 13, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the bolts'23 securing the clips 24 in position, are also utilized to secure truss plates between the tie plates 10 and 11, to

which end, the vlower portions of the bolts v23 below the tie plates are extended through the angularly bent extremities or flanges 25 of truss-plates 26 and 27 respectively below the adjacent ends of the vrails 12 and 13 as particularlyseen in Fig. 2, with their inner verticalportions 28 contiguous and parallel to one another and with Vtheir outer portions sloping upwardly and away from their inner vertical portions 28 just mentioned, the angular extremities or flanges 28, just above mentioned, being apertured for the receptionV of bolts, 'as indicated at 29 in Fig. 6.

Thus, with the lower portions of the truss plates 26 and 27 bearing upon the upper sur- 'face of the lower tie plate 11 at points beat the same time providing for Lthe connection of rails by my improved tie plate withoutV the use of fish plates or other connections directly between the rails themselves.

Y It is obvious that by avoiding the necessity for spikes and other tie entering features, my

Y invention provides for greater length of life of the ties, as well as more rigid 'and permanent connection lof the rails thereon, particularly, if as isusual, suitable nut-locking devices are utilized in connection with the sever'albolts 19 and 23 to prevent them from ,working loose or becoming accidentally displaced.

1.` A rail tie plate and rail connection, including the 'combination with spaced rail supporti-ng ties, of superposed tie plates transversely above and below said ties, having angularly'disposed lugs engaging opposite side faces of the ties and provided with rail engaging and holding elements, said plates and said ties having Yrelatively engaging means and connections preventing relative movement `of both the ties and the plates in any direction.

2. A rail tie plate and rail connection, including the combination with spaced rail supporting ties, of superposed tie plates transversely above and below said ties, having angulariy disposed lugs engaging opposite side faces of the ties and provided with rail engaging and holding elements, said plates and said ties'havingrelatively engaging meansand connections preventing relative movement of both the'ties and the plates Yin any direction, and including vertically extending bolts connecting the said tie plates and partially embedded in the side faces of theties. Y Y y 3. A rail tie plate and rail connection, including the combination with spaced rail :supporting ties, of superposed tie plates extending transversely across and between the ties 'respectively above and below the same,

and relatively engaging means carried by the said ties and tie plates preventing relative Y `movement thereof and including connections between said tie plates vengaging the tiesin Y"their jassaee between the lates.

y 4. A rail tie plate and'rail connection, including the combination with spaced ties v having'vertically disposed grooves along the l opposite VYside surfaces thereof, of superposed cluding the combination with spaced rail supporting ties having cavities in the upper and lower surfaces thereof and vertically disposed grooves in the side faces thereof, of superposed tie plates extending transversely across and between the said ties and respectively above and below the same, and provided with depressions entering the said 'cavities of the ties, rail engaging means carried by the said upper tie plate, and vertically extending bolts connecting the said upper and lower tie plates and projecting into the vertical grooves of the ties.

- 6. A rail tie Vplate and rail connection, including the `combination with spaced ties of superposed tie plates extending transversely across and between the said tie plates, respectively above and below the same, said tie plates and said ties having relatively engagi'ng means preventing the relative movement and displacement thereof, and said upper tie plate having rail engaging means including spaced vertically' struck up and inwardly projecting lips, and clamping members between the said lips, both of said lips and "said clamping members being engageable with the base flange of a rail.

7 A rail tie plate and rail connection, including the combination with spaced rail supporting ties, of superposed tie plates extending transversely above and below the same, said tie plates and said ties having relatively engaging means to prevent their relative movement and displacement, spaced series of clamping bolts extending through the upper tie plate, clips disposed upon the upper surface of the upper tie plate and through which the upper portion of said clamping bolts pass to clamp the said clips upon the base flange of a rail, and truss plates extending vertically between the said superposed tie plates at points between the ties and having angular portions through which the lower ends of said clamping bolts extend to secure the said truss Vplates in position.

8. A rail tie plate and rail connection, in-

cluding the combination with spaced rail the upper tie plates, clips disposed upon the upper surface of the upper tie plate and through which the upper portions of said clamping bolts pass to clamp the said clips upon the base flange of a rail, and truss plates extending vertically between the said superposed tie plates at points between the ties and having angular portions through which the lower ends of said clamping bolts FRANK CALDWELL.

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